Study it in the app“And you are commanded: ‘Do this: take for yourselves from the land of Egypt carts for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.”
And youוְאַתָּהare commanded:צֻוֵּיתָה‘Doעֲשׂוּthis:זֹאתtakeקְחוּfor yourselvesלָכֶםfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםcartsעֲגָלוֹתfor your little onesלְטַפְּכֶםand for your wives,וְלִנְשֵׁיכֶםand bringוּנְשָׂאתֶםyour father,אֶת אֲבִיכֶםand come.וּבָאתֶם
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsuveta” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kechu” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearscart, wagon
Cart, wagon drawn by oxen.
Where else “agalot” appearslittle ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “tap” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “neshe” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nesatem” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vatem” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
18and take your father and your households and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.’
19 · This verse (above)
20Do not let your eye regret your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
1. What it says
What did Joseph say to his brothers when he made himself known (vv. 3-5)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that Joseph says Elohim sent him ahead of them to preserve life (vv. 5-8)?
3. How I live it
How can you look with a wider view at someone who hurt you, without denying the pain?
